HC Deb 22 December 1976 vol 923 c685

Mr. John Ryman, supported by Mr. Max Madden, Mr. George Rodgers, Mr. John Lee, Mr Ivor Clemitson, Mr. J. W. Rooker, Miss Jo Richardson, Mr. Geoff Edge, Mr. Donald Anderson, Mr. Ted Leadbitter, Mr. James Sillars, and Mr. Norman Buchan, presented a Bill to provide for the establishment of a British Building Societies Corporation; to make provision with respect to the staff and functions of the Corporation; to provide for the transfer to the Corporation of all property, securities and other assets, rights, obligations, and liabilities of building societies; to amend the law on the activities carried on hitherto by building societies under the Building Societies Acts; to make provision for compensation; to make provision for the existing staff of building societies; and for purposes connected with the aforesaid matters: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 4th March and to be printed [Bill 25].